{"id":69712,"date":"2008-02-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2008\/02\/26\/la-protection-dobama-nest-pas-loin-dequivaloir-a-celle-dun-president-en-fonction\/"},"modified":"2008-02-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T00:00:00","slug":"la-protection-dobama-nest-pas-loin-dequivaloir-a-celle-dun-president-en-fonction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2008\/02\/26\/la-protection-dobama-nest-pas-loin-dequivaloir-a-celle-dun-president-en-fonction\/","title":{"rendered":"La protection d’Obama n’est pas loin d’\u00e9quivaloir \u00e0 celle d’un pr\u00e9sident en fonction"},"content":{"rendered":"

L’ascension de Barack Obama, candidat favori \u00e0 la d\u00e9signation du parti d\u00e9mocrate, fait na\u00eetre des pr\u00e9occupations pour sa s\u00e9curit\u00e9. L’\u00e9lection de 2008 est aussi tendue que celle, fameuse, de 1968; Obama est un d\u00e9mocrate lib\u00e9ral et un Noir et le printemps 1968 fut marqu\u00e9 par l’assassinat d’un d\u00e9mocrate lib\u00e9ral (Ted Kennedy) et d’un leader<\/em> noir (Martin Luther King). Toutes ces analogies approximatives, justifi\u00e9es ou accidentelles, contribuent \u00e0 alimenter la question de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de Barack Obama, plac\u00e9 dans la situation extraordinaire d’avoir de fortes chances de devenir le premier pr\u00e9sident noir des USA.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tSigne des temps, un article du New York Times<\/em> est consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 ce sujet, le 25 f\u00e9vrier<\/a>. On y d\u00e9couvre que Obama est prot\u00e9g\u00e9 d’une fa\u00e7on prioritaire par le Secret Service, comme jamais aucun autre candidat dans sa situation n’a \u00e9t\u00e9 prot\u00e9g\u00e9, pour une dur\u00e9e \u00e9galement exceptionnelle (depuis le 3 mai 2007). On lit que la question de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 d’Obama pr\u00e9occupe \u00e9galement le Congr\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00abMr. Obama has had Secret Service agents surrounding him since May 3, the earliest a candidate has ever been provided protection. (He reluctantly gave in to the insistent urging of Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, and others in Congress.) As his rallies have swelled in size, his security has increased, coming close to rivaling that given to a sitting president.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbHis wife, Michelle Obama, voiced concerns about his safety before he was elected to the Senate. Three years ago, she said she dreaded the day her husband received Secret Service protection, because it would mean serious threats had been made against him.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\t\u00bbRepresentative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, raised concerns in a letter in January to officials who oversee the Secret Service. While Mr. Obama was already receiving protection, Mr. Thompson said that the intense interest in the election prompted him to make sure that Mr. Obama and the other candidates were offered adequate security.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbThe national and international profile of Senator Barack Obama gives rise to unique challenges that merit special concern, Mr. Thompson wrote. As an African-American who was witness to some of this nation’s most shameful days during the civil rights movement, I know personally that the hatred of some of our fellow citizens can lead to heinous acts of violence. We need only to look to the assassinations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and 1968 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy as examples.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbIn an interview, Mr. Thompson declined to elaborate on any specific threats that had come to the attention of his committee or authorities. He said he wrote the letter to the Homeland Security Department without discussing it with Mr. Obama, whom he has endorsed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbHis candidacy is so unique to this country and so important that the last thing you would want is for him not to have the opportunity to fulfill the role of a potential presidential nominee, Mr. Thompson said. It’s out of an abundance of caution that I wrote the letter, rather than keep our fingers crossed and pray.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tObama est agac\u00e9 par la question, comme il se doit (\u00abI’ve got the best protection in the world, Mr. Obama, of Illinois, said in an interview, reprising a line he tells supporters who raise the issue with him. So stop worrying<\/em>\u00bb). Mais cette affaire le d\u00e9passe \u00e9videmment. Les circonstances exceptionnelles de sa candidature suscitent n\u00e9cessairement la sp\u00e9culation<\/a> et, par cons\u00e9quent, le risque \u00e9ventuel de susciter \u00e0 son tour cette sorte de projet chez des opposants d\u00e9cid\u00e9s ou exacerb\u00e9s. Les mesures de protection, par ailleurs \u00e9videmment n\u00e9cessaires, vont elles-m\u00eames dans ce sens. Le constat est \u00e9vident: la candidature Obama est une candidature \u00e0 tr\u00e8s hauts risques, qui renvoie effectivement aux circonstances de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des pr\u00e9sidentielles de l’ann\u00e9e 1968. Dans tous les cas, cet \u00e9pisode refl\u00e8te un climat tr\u00e8s particulier, qu’on se garde d’exprimer d’une fa\u00e7on trop audible mais qui p\u00e8se sur la campagne.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tPour terminer, on nuancera aussit\u00f4t la gravit\u00e9 de ce propos en attirant l’attention sur un d\u00e9tail mentionn\u00e9 en passant par le texte de New York Times<\/em>, d\u00e9tail qui para\u00eet anecdotique mais qui rejoint tout de m\u00eame notre gravit\u00e9 initiale en faisant s’interroger sur l’esprit et l’opportunit\u00e9 des pratiques bureaucratiques jusqu’aux moindres d\u00e9tails. Le d\u00e9tail est celui-ci: le nom de code identifiant le s\u00e9nateur Obama pour les agents du Secret Service est Renegade<\/em>, pour ren\u00e9gat certes. Etrange id\u00e9e, pourquoi pas Oncle Tom ou Malcolm X?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\tMis en ligne le 26 f\u00e9vrier 2008 \u00e0 12H53<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L’ascension de Barack Obama, candidat favori \u00e0 la d\u00e9signation du parti d\u00e9mocrate, fait na\u00eetre des pr\u00e9occupations pour sa s\u00e9curit\u00e9. L’\u00e9lection de 2008 est aussi tendue que celle, fameuse, de 1968; Obama est un d\u00e9mocrate lib\u00e9ral et un Noir et le printemps 1968 fut marqu\u00e9 par l’assassinat d’un d\u00e9mocrate lib\u00e9ral (Ted Kennedy) et d’un leader noir… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7029,4920,1356,4082,6208,3374,7435,6008,4205,7436],"class_list":["post-69712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloc-notes","tag-assassinat","tag-bob","tag-kennedy","tag-king","tag-obama","tag-protection","tag-renegat","tag-secret","tag-securite","tag-service"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}